COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL22317980
Reference Number:
3389
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Illuminated page of text with coat of arms
Parent Work Title:
Marci. T. C. Epistolae ad Atticum Brutum: Et Quintum Fratrem cum ipsius Attici uita feliciter Expliciunt..
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Correspondence. Selections. 1470
Creator:
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Petrarca, Francesco 1304-1374
Creator:
Nepos, Cornelius
Creator:
Jenson, Nicolas, approximately 1420-1480
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
1470
Publication Details:
Venice: Nicolaus Jenson
Page/Sheet:
[a1]r
Image Sequence Number:
a001r
Description:
Decoration: North Italy, fifteenth-century, illuminated border on all four sides of dense white vine-stems with fine penwork, defined in blue, gold, green, and red, incorporating a gold initial 'C', in the outer margin a large seated bird in a tiny landscape, and in the lower margin a green wreath containing a defaced coat of arms (azure a tower (or castle) gules), the whole border outlined in gold.
Language:
Latin
Language:
Greek
Subject:
Atticus, Titus Pomponius--Correspondence
Subject:
Brutus, Marcus Junius, 85 B.C.?-42 B.C--Correspondence
Subject:
Cicero, Marcus Tullius--Correspondence
Subject:
Authors, Latin--Correspondence--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Latin letters--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Statesmen Rome--Correspondence--Early works to 1800
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Sub-Category:
Coats of arms
Sub-Category:
Illuminations [paintings]
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Medium:
Gold leaf
Support:
Vellum
Creation Site:
Italy: Veneto: Venezia: Venice
Item Height:
332 mm
Item Width:
245 mm
Provenance:
Loménie de Brienne, Etienne Charles de, 1727-1794, former owner
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Educational Notes:
Incunabula Cataloguing Project (Provenance), 2021-2025
Academic Project Lead:
Julianne Simpson
Academic Project Lead:
John Gandy
Academic Project Lead:
Ed Potten
JRL22317980
